Thank you to all of our families who participated in our Halloween party &/or sent in goodies for the children. Tons of fun was had by all & the costumes were fabulous!

Last week we introduced a new friend during circle time. Her name is Jewel & she is a puppet. Jewel is new to our classroom & is learning our rules as well as how to behave at school. The children adore her & think she is hilarious. Ask them about Jewel to hear what they think!

Activities: We enjoyed using theHalloween cookie cutters with orange play dough for the last two days of October. Then we took out our home & family cookie cutters for November. Some us needed to finish our red & yellowpaintings for our Autumn art pictures. Next week we will decorate the pictures. Ask me what color we made when mixing the red & yellow paint.

Our UPK children read My C Book (Jane Belk Moncure) as well as practiced “C, Cat, /c/” & rainbow traced the letter C in their journals.

Looking Ahead:

Black Friday is on the way! Drop off the kids for open play fun while you get a head start on holiday shopping & grab yourself some bargains on Friday, November 24 from 9:00-3:00. $10 per hour or $50 for the day. Ages 2-7. Pre-registration & payment required as space is limited. Register in person or on our website.

Once again we are participating in the Scholastic Pajama Drive. With your help, we have donated approximately 50 pairs of pajamas during the last two years to a local shelter for women & children who are victims of domestic abuse. For every pair of pajamas we donate, Scholastic matches the pajamas & a book for the children. Please consider donating to this worthy cause. Pajamas of any size will be accepted through December 12. Thank you.

Reminder:

We are closed on Tuesday, 11/7 for Election Day & Friday, 11/10 for Veterans Day.

Please join us in giving back to the community this Thanksgiving! There are only 2½ more weeks left to donate. Creative Kids has teamed up with Our Place Newspapers to sponsor a food drive which runs from October 6-November 17. Food donations will be delivered to St. John’s Lutheran Church in Holbrook, St. Joseph’s Church in Ronkonkoma & Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in Centereach. Thank you for your support to help our neighbors.